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we went there on valentine's day in 2003, and we stopped in spain overnight. we usually stop flying nonstop if possible. i've done it twice, and it's utterly miserable. 14 hours in a seat about like that, you know, no drinks, no attenadapt, no meal. it's miserable. we were happy to stop in spain, and i got caught up in a spanish anti-war protest, believe it or not. i talking about -- i talk about that. i was in the cathedral area because i studied to be an architect in college, and i wanted to see it again. i remember thinking it's quiet down here. i came around a corner, and it was a scene from les miz. down with bush, and if i ran, they would mob me. i had to go along with them until i got away, and so i talk about that. it was kind of funny. then, you know, it make picks up with the actual missions in the second gulf war. some of them, again, some had amusing parts. some of them definitely didn't. that mission to save the marines, you know, i thought it was over when i climbed up out of that mess and breathed a sigh of relief because i could see the sun. wh
we went there on valentine's day in 2003, and we stopped in spain overnight. we usually stop flying nonstop if possible. i've done it twice, and it's utterly miserable. 14 hours in a seat about like that, you know, no drinks, no attenadapt, no meal. it's miserable. we were happy to stop in spain, and i got caught up in a spanish anti-war protest, believe it or not. i talking about -- i talk about that. i was in the cathedral area because i studied to be an architect in college, and i wanted to...
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one of the case studies we study in the grand strategy course is the career of philip ii of spain and the spanish armada and the constitution with elizabeth i and philip's problem was he insisted on running the entire spanish empire himself personally. he never had time to think or sleep or anything else. that is what the new technology has pushed us into. i think we will learn in time to cope with it. the obvious answer which neither my wife nor i have mastered yet is to turn off the machine that a certain point in the day. but i think eventually we will adjust to it. in the context of these other technological changes that i have mentioned which give the appearance that history is speeding up. >> in your discussion of chekhov you noted the idea that russia was perhaps better than russian. it gave me an introspective question. it -- is america a culture? an idea? is the culture or idea of america better than americans and what do we need to do to make those two come together? >> i don't think you are getting at culture if you say it is better than people. i think culture is people. a
one of the case studies we study in the grand strategy course is the career of philip ii of spain and the spanish armada and the constitution with elizabeth i and philip's problem was he insisted on running the entire spanish empire himself personally. he never had time to think or sleep or anything else. that is what the new technology has pushed us into. i think we will learn in time to cope with it. the obvious answer which neither my wife nor i have mastered yet is to turn off the machine...
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after all, if spain had joined the powers it would have been defeated and would not have been a fascist country, so franco made a smart decision and it would have been better for the world that he had made the opposite decision. maybe he was just smart enough to know that. >> hi, my name is christine and it's an honor to hear you speak. i have a son, doug was, who turned off the tv and mp3 player etc. and picked up your book a number of years ago. it truly helped him and reading. i am curious as to what the genesis of going to thrillers to historical fiction and also, and of course i'm quite happy about this, that uis have a very strong woman in each of your historical fictions. [applause] >> thank you. i was interested in theatrical architecture. i used to go look at theaters because of how beautiful they are and the atmosphere in the cathedrals but i very quickly became interested in how they were built. when you look at one of those european cathedrals, you do think, don't you, how did medieval people get those enormous domes up that high? they had no power tools, no power of any kin
after all, if spain had joined the powers it would have been defeated and would not have been a fascist country, so franco made a smart decision and it would have been better for the world that he had made the opposite decision. maybe he was just smart enough to know that. >> hi, my name is christine and it's an honor to hear you speak. i have a son, doug was, who turned off the tv and mp3 player etc. and picked up your book a number of years ago. it truly helped him and reading. i am...
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she manages without much difficulty to become the lover of a german intelligence officer in spain and discovers some interesting information which she is then totally unable to communicate back to the captain. and she sends him letters about it, again not coded, through the open mail, and he never answers, and she wants her million francs. it deteriorates. so eventually she goes back to france, you know, saying, okay, you know, here are your secrets. pay up. her secrets are exceedingly vague. the only one that's important, truly of importance, is that the germans know the french have broken one of their codes. and so they have stopped using this code in their communications, but very shortly it becomes extremely important that this is known to be a broken code. she goes back and tries to meet with the captain, sits in his office. he won't see her. i mean, the whole thing, again, is completely absurd. finally, she catches up with him, she tells him this information, and he says, oh, that's not important, and, you know, as for this other information you've got about some submarine landi
she manages without much difficulty to become the lover of a german intelligence officer in spain and discovers some interesting information which she is then totally unable to communicate back to the captain. and she sends him letters about it, again not coded, through the open mail, and he never answers, and she wants her million francs. it deteriorates. so eventually she goes back to france, you know, saying, okay, you know, here are your secrets. pay up. her secrets are exceedingly vague....
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much your writing's influenced by the experience, and it seems to me that they celebrated in memory in spain and the moment of great cultural cooperation between islam christianity and judaism -- >> that's something of it, but what that book came out of is something else. what was growing in india at that time was not an islamic, but nationalism, and one important aspect of that was to raise the issue of authenticity. what was an authentic indian, and that the hindu thought it was only the hindu experience of india was authentically indian, and all the minorities, the largest, the muslim minority, were in some way inauthentic; right? i found that very annoying, and so i thought that i would take a very small indian minority, the south indian jewish community. >> yeah. .. >> have this same freedom of expression in? i would broaden that to the complete the part list and trashy video that may be calculated to offend. >> figures speech includes that. not just artist but garbage makers. i don't think even he knows his name. [laughter] is often the case to find yourself defending stuff you don't l
much your writing's influenced by the experience, and it seems to me that they celebrated in memory in spain and the moment of great cultural cooperation between islam christianity and judaism -- >> that's something of it, but what that book came out of is something else. what was growing in india at that time was not an islamic, but nationalism, and one important aspect of that was to raise the issue of authenticity. what was an authentic indian, and that the hindu thought it was only...
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then last year made in england, france and spain. she made clear population expansion offered the united states assurance of success over all levels. by the time of his message than the people of the country had long been instructed that engaging in patriotic duty consisted first and foremost and indulging in romantic pleasures. the actual efficacy of those assumptions was about to be put to the test. let's turn now from free to practice and look at how the stories diverge actually got under way. throughout the spring and summer of the team 12, before the first action of the war began, newspapers across the nation really early reports of the emotional status of the army as if this were the best indicator of the war's prospects. various article stated, for example, quote, that the troops are in fine spirits anxious to be led across to the enemy or that they were all in high spirits and we feel confident of success or the men move on with great spirit and alacrity. the nation and its soldiers made emotional preparations only for victor
then last year made in england, france and spain. she made clear population expansion offered the united states assurance of success over all levels. by the time of his message than the people of the country had long been instructed that engaging in patriotic duty consisted first and foremost and indulging in romantic pleasures. the actual efficacy of those assumptions was about to be put to the test. let's turn now from free to practice and look at how the stories diverge actually got under...
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your country dear, marry and raise up soldiers might and main, len last you may at england, france and spain. weems made clear that population expansion offered the united states's firmest assurance of success over all rivals. by the time of madison's war message then, the people of the country had long been instructed that engaging in patriotic duty consisted first and foremost in indulging in romantic pressure us is. the actual efficacy of those assumptions was about to be put to the test. so let's turn now from theory to practice and look at how war stories and love stories converged once the military contest actually got underway. throughout the spring and summer of early, of 1812, before the first action of the war began, newspapers across the nation relayed early reports of the emotional status of the army as if this was the best indicator of the war's prospects. various articles stated, for example, quote, that the troops are in fine spirits anxious to be led across to the enemy. or quote, that they were all in high spirits and we feel confident of success. or, quotes, the men move on
your country dear, marry and raise up soldiers might and main, len last you may at england, france and spain. weems made clear that population expansion offered the united states's firmest assurance of success over all rivals. by the time of madison's war message then, the people of the country had long been instructed that engaging in patriotic duty consisted first and foremost in indulging in romantic pressure us is. the actual efficacy of those assumptions was about to be put to the test. so...
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in greece, in spain, in italy we have technocrats are coming to solve the problem. we never elected them. but money is choosing them. so we also have to deal with the simplistic answer when it comes to separate religion from state, what do you have? directing the state or imposing decision on the state which is also imposing decision on to us as citizens. so this idealization of the western democracy model i would say be cautious. we all have to do with problems and prices from within. so i wouldn't push the arab world to follow blindly the western model, but to be very critical and to try to take the best from the other models into drawing their own way. having said that, five main problems and i will stop here. the first one is really the discussion about the nature of the state. i was referring our began, referring to islamic state. if you listen now to what is coming from tunisia and what is coming from egypt, you don't speak about i don't talk the islamic state. they're talking about civil state with islamic reference. this is what they are saying. it means rel
in greece, in spain, in italy we have technocrats are coming to solve the problem. we never elected them. but money is choosing them. so we also have to deal with the simplistic answer when it comes to separate religion from state, what do you have? directing the state or imposing decision on the state which is also imposing decision on to us as citizens. so this idealization of the western democracy model i would say be cautious. we all have to do with problems and prices from within. so i...
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. >> and it does seem to me that the moor's last sigh, celebrating in memory of moorish spain and the moment of great cultural cooperation between islam, christianity and judaism -- >> that's something that, you know, what that book really came out of was something else. what was growing in india at that time was not a, not an islamic, but a hindu fanaticism. the rise of extremist hindu nationalism. and one important aspect of that was to raise the issue of authenticity. what was an authentic indian? and the hindu nationalist answer was that only the hindu experience of india was authentically indian. and what it meant was that all the minorities, of course, the largest minority being the muslim religion, were inauthentic. and i found that annoying. and so i was about to take the south indian jewish community and then create an even smaller minority by having somebody from that community marry into a south indian catholic family, thus creating a catholic/jewish individual who was probably a minority of one person, you know? [laughter] in a country of a billion people. and then show th
. >> and it does seem to me that the moor's last sigh, celebrating in memory of moorish spain and the moment of great cultural cooperation between islam, christianity and judaism -- >> that's something that, you know, what that book really came out of was something else. what was growing in india at that time was not a, not an islamic, but a hindu fanaticism. the rise of extremist hindu nationalism. and one important aspect of that was to raise the issue of authenticity. what was an...
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naming and parents, in calgary and making her home in victoria, esi edugyan has held residencies in spain, in iceland and in germany. she is a writer who the globe and mail says promises to leave -- lead black editor not only direction i haven't agree with that. for revocation, for her invocation of the time and a place that are entrenched in our imagination through the language that they use. even as they define our imagination and for her illumination of people upon whom to little historical or literary light has been shown. esi edugyan is awarded the anisfeld-wolf book award for fiction for her stunning and startling novel, "half-blood blues." [applause] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> i am so-so honored to receive this award tonight. to be associated with this long distinguished list of amazing writers who have won this before is just incredible and everything this award embraces and stands for, i am terribly honored. i will start at the beginning so as not to give anything away and dr. gates did a beautiful job introducing the themes of the novel so i will just start right in. paris, 19
naming and parents, in calgary and making her home in victoria, esi edugyan has held residencies in spain, in iceland and in germany. she is a writer who the globe and mail says promises to leave -- lead black editor not only direction i haven't agree with that. for revocation, for her invocation of the time and a place that are entrenched in our imagination through the language that they use. even as they define our imagination and for her illumination of people upon whom to little historical...
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in calgary, making her in home now and the doria, edugyan in the with residents in spain, iceland and germany. she is a writer who says promises to leave but literature and the holder's direction. and i happen to agree with that. for each location, for her either occasion of the time and place that are entrenched in our imaginations, through the language that they use, even as they defy our imagination and for her elimination of people, upon whom to little historical or literary lake has been shown. esi edugyan is awarded the anisfield-wolf award for fiction for her startling and startling novel, "half-blood blues." [applause] these back ♪ >> and so, so honored to be receiving this award tonight, to be associated with this long distinct system an amazing writers who have won this before. it's incredible. o-oscar to be associated with everything this award races and stands for. you now, i'm terribly honored. so i'll be reading from "half-blood blues" tonight and i will start at the beginning, not to give anything away. and dr. gates did a beautiful job of introducing, you know, the t
in calgary, making her in home now and the doria, edugyan in the with residents in spain, iceland and germany. she is a writer who says promises to leave but literature and the holder's direction. and i happen to agree with that. for each location, for her either occasion of the time and place that are entrenched in our imaginations, through the language that they use, even as they defy our imagination and for her elimination of people, upon whom to little historical or literary lake has been...